1978 Shutouts Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Shutouts	Team	Rank
Bob Knepper	6	San Francisco Giants	1
Vida Blue	4	San Francisco Giants	2
Bert Blyleven	4	Pittsburgh Pirates
Ed Halicki	4	San Francisco Giants
Phil Niekro	4	Atlanta Braves
Steve Carlton	3	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Larry Christenson	3	Philadelphia Phillies
Bob Forsch	3	St. Louis Cardinals
Woodie Fryman	3	Chicago Cubs
		Montreal Expos
Ross Grimsley	3	Montreal Expos
Burt Hooton	3	Los Angeles Dodgers
Dennis Lamp	3	Chicago Cubs
Eric Rasmussen	3	St. Louis Cardinals
		San Diego Padres
Rick Rhoden	3	Los Angeles Dodgers
J.R. Richard	3	Houston Astros
Dick Ruthven	3	Atlanta Braves
		Philadelphia Phillies
Bob Welch	3	Los Angeles Dodgers
Floyd Bannister	2	Houston Astros	18
Jim Barr	2	San Francisco Giants
Jim Bibby	2	Pittsburgh Pirates
John Denny	2	St. Louis Cardinals
Tom Dixon	2	Houston Astros
Ken Forsch	2	Houston Astros
Randy Jones	2	San Diego Padres
Silvio Martinez	2	St. Louis Cardinals
Name	Shutouts	Team	Rank

	Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.